Maxton vs Pembroke

A side-by-side comparison of Maxton and Pembroke: population, income, housing, and more.

Maxton and Pembroke are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pembroke has the higher population (2,823 vs 2,398 in Maxton). Pembroke has the higher median household income ($22,940 vs $22,632 in Maxton). Pembroke has the higher median home value ($114,700 vs $79,600 in Maxton).

Population, income & housing

	Maxton	Pembroke
Population	2,398	2,823
Median age	31.2 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$22,632	$22,940
Median home value	$79,600	$114,700
Median gross rent	$630	$700
Housing units	1,092	1,322
Homeownership rate	43.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxton	Pembroke
Population	2,549 → 2,398 (-5.9%)	3,002 → 2,823 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$24,800 → $22,632 (-8.7%)	$24,034 → $22,940 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $79,600 (+1.9%)	$89,500 → $114,700 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $630 (+17.5%)	$573 → $700 (+22.2%)

Maxton

Population

2,5492,398

Median household income

$24,800$22,632

Median home value

$78,100$79,600

Median gross rent

$536$630

Pembroke

Population

3,0022,823

Median household income

$24,034$22,940

Median home value

$89,500$114,700

Median gross rent

$573$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maxton	Pembroke
Under 5	11.3%	11.3%
5 to 17	22.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	23.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	4.9%
45 to 54	6.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.5%
75 and over	4.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxton	Pembroke
White (non-Hispanic)	13.4%	10.9%
Black or African American	60.9%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.1%	68.8%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxton	Pembroke
No high school diploma	19.1%	17.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxton	Pembroke
Drove alone	80.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.7%
Other means	1.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxton	Pembroke
1-unit, detached	67.2%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Maxton	Pembroke
Poverty rate	43.1%	43.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1978	1982